Lot 727
A set of sixteen mahogany dining chairs
Items From the Private Collection of Keith Skeel
Auction: Day One: 01 June 2007 | From 10am
Description
in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, including two carvers, each with yoked top rail and gothic pierced back splat, with acanthus carving to the top, the close nailed green leather upholstered serpentine seat on channelled chamfered square legs, with acanthus carved spandrels, on moulded feet, label for Keeble Ltd, 10 Carlisle Street, Soho, London
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Footnote
Note: The gothic splat pattern, with quatrefoil fret, derives from a chair back design in Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director', 3rd edition, 1762, plate XVI. A similar splat features on a set of chairs illustrated in M Harris & Sons 'The English Chair', London, 1937, plate LXVII.
Keeble Limited was a large firm of decorators, furniture makers and antique dealers during the inter-war years of the 20th century, with showrooms at 34 Grosvenor Square, London.